two tigers

Ke Lai dragged Tang Yu for several blocks, striding forward, but he didn't see the intention to stop.Just when Tang Yu was wondering how long Ke Lai was going to shop, Ke Lai turned around and entered a store along the street.

As soon as he entered, his feet suddenly softened.

I saw that the shop is paved with light-colored cork floors, and there are exquisite carpets on the floor, with fine texture and elegant color, and you will know it is extraordinary when you step on it.

Ke Lai put down the bag in his hand and walked all the way in. Tang Yu followed him slowly. This place seems to be a European-style furniture store. Besides furniture, it also sells other things, such as all kinds of exquisite decorations. And works of art, vintage in style and worth a fortune.From the exquisite decoration and various details, we can see the owner's taste and intention.

Even if Tang Yu didn't understand these things, he still felt that it was a waste of such a store to open on the main road.

It seemed to be close to closing time, and there were only the two of them in the store. Ke Lai looked around and judged on his own, and even wiped and studied a set of crystal candlesticks repeatedly through the handkerchief he took out from his arms. After a while, footsteps were finally heard not far away.

Tang Yu saw Ke Lai retracting his hand while smiling at the clerk and said, "The next time any blind customer leaves fingerprints on my things, just kick them out."

When the clerk saw him, he immediately nodded respectfully.While calling other people to come out: "The boss is here."

Ke Lai pointed to the pile of food he had just dropped on the table to the employees rushing out, and said, "I brought you a midnight snack. Let's leave early today. I'll close the door."

The crowd cheered for a while, and after turning their eyes around Tang Yu who was standing, they left quickly with interest.

There was a retro bartending table on the side. Ke Lai went to the back and skillfully brewed two cups of coffee, put a cup in front of Tang Yu, sat down at the table, and motioned Tang Yu to sit too.

There was no abnormality on Tang Yu's face, but his eyes were silently looking around.

Ke Lai saw his state in his eyes, took a sip of coffee and asked, "It's just for fun, what do you think?"

Sometimes Tang Yu was very straightforward, and replied lightly: "It's not very good."

Ke Lai was not angry, but just nodded: "I understand, I felt the same way during the three hours yesterday afternoon."

Tang Yu: "..."

Everyone came uninvited, each other.

Ke Lai didn't care whether Tang Yu could appreciate the objects here, he pushed his cup forward: "If I sell coffee, seeds, processing, brewing, each process is a penny, whether the product is good or not, the customer depends on it In my eyes, I can’t blame others at all. But if what I want to sell is beauty, art, and taste, especially for those rich people, it is a huge profit with no upper limit, what a good business.”

Tang Yu paused and asked, "How many stores do you have?"

For anyone else, Ke Lai would definitely not tell the truth, but facing the person in front of him, he said frankly: "Counting the two that just opened in U City last year, sixteen."

"They're all called... IrisL?" Tang Yu was thinking about the brand in the store?

Ke Lai shook his head: "Of course not. Rare things are more expensive. Customers will be unhappy if they know that their things are mass-produced, so other stores have different names, and they don't know that I am the boss. But you Don't worry, we won't produce more than two batches of the same product, this is the basic professional ethics."

Tang Yu "..."

Seeing the person opposite frowned, Ke Lai couldn't help laughing: "Did you think I was arty just now, but now I've turned into a black-hearted businessman? I'm sorry, I am."

Ke Lai stood up and continued to walk around the store with a smile.

"I majored in art history in college, which is chaotic, abstract, and boring. In my opinion, it's not much easier than you can learn. It's a pity that Rubens, Caravaggio, Picasso, Bruegel ...In my eyes, none of these masters are more attractive than money...but you want me to really give up my freedom and be a machine that can only make money, but I don't want to." He is different from many people's pursuit, Ke Lai does not love fame or power. He is pure hedonism, but he earns the money for his hedonism.

Walking to a phonograph, Ke Lai lightly pressed the needle, and melodious music flowed out from his fingertips.He turned around and leaned against the glass cabinet, watching Tang Yu quietly.

The halo on the top of his head, combined with the exquisite and gorgeous decorations on both sides, makes Ke Lai, who is still wearing a suit, seem to have become an elegant nobleman in the middle ages. With a sense of charm.

Seeing Tang Yu on the opposite side just looking at him and not moving, Ke Lai had no choice but to remind him.

"Okay, I'm done talking, now it's your turn."

In fact, from the outside, Tang Yu obviously fits better with the surrounding scenes, but these thin and fragile works of art can't tolerate his overly strong temperament, and his opening can shock all these fragile objects. Got to be crumbling.

Tang Yu said in a low voice, "What?"

Ke Lai raised his eyebrows: "Knowing each other, I think this will help us get along better in the future, and all friends should be like this."

He deliberately used the word "friend", after all it had been Clay's target.

However, Tang Yu had some objections to this word. He thought for a while with a cold face, and said unhappily, "I have nothing to say."

I knew that this bad-tempered person would not cooperate easily, and Ke Lai was not annoyed. He stretched out his hand and slowly pushed against the wall. Unexpectedly, the entire wall turned out to be movable. room.Seeing more finely crafted works of art placed inside, it is simply dazzling.

Ke Lai pointed to the high place and said: "The guest ordered a tapestry, and the base map wanted a masterpiece painted by the master. I asked him to choose one for his reference. I sorted it out. That person happened to be a doctor. He hadn't touched anything before. Artwork, so as a layman, you can take a look for me, if it were you, which one would you want?"

I saw all kinds of world famous paintings lined up, some people have scenery and objects, beautiful, serious, ornate, and the eyes are dizzying.

Tang Yu had no patience for this, but under Ke Lai's encouraging eyes, he still endured scanning around and clicked on the last one.

"That?" Ke Lai confirmed.

Tang Yu said "hmm".

"why?"

Tang Yu said: "I just like it."

After Ke Lai stared silently for a while, he confirmed that the other party was not lying. It seemed that Tang Yu really liked the painting more and more. After looking away, he couldn't help but glance at the past again, and his eyes flashed with admiration .

I saw a tiger was drawn in the picture, and the tiger was walking through a forest. It was raining heavily, and the tiger shook off the rainwater, with its eyes wide open, its mouth wide open, and it was still walking majesticly.

A very artistic picture, if its painting style is not so children's version.

Yes, with a professional eye to appreciate, it can be said that it is simple and natural.But in the eyes of laymen, it is as colorful and cute as children's paintings.

Ke Lai glanced at the artist's name under the painting: Henry Rousseau.

Ke Lai smiled and nodded: "Okay, then this one."

After drinking a cup of coffee, Ke Lai's condition has returned to the past, but Tang Yu still dutifully sent him from the furniture store to Ke Lai's home in Hongyu New City.

This was Ke Lai's first time riding in Tang Yu's car. He thought Tang Yu's driving style must be particularly tough and even brutal, but he didn't expect that this person's driving speed... was surprisingly slow.As gentle as Ke Lai, if he meets anyone who is chaotic, he can't help but force him, but he doesn't want to. Tang Yu's temper doesn't mind others' outflanking and intercepting him casually. He just follows others slowly as if he doesn't care. Behind his buttocks, he also braked when others braked. Ke Lai couldn't help but want to step on the accelerator for him several times.

After dawdling and dawdling, the time finally arrived. According to what Xie Yujiao and Tang Yu said, they wanted him to take Ke Lai upstairs, but Ke Lai refused, and stopped directly in front of the elevator.

"Although as a way of hospitality, I should invite you up for a cup of tea, but I already had coffee today, so... next time," Ke Lai said with a smile.

Tang Yu's expression was not very good. After squinting at the other party, he turned and left.

But he took two steps and turned around.

After entering the elevator, Ke Lai hurriedly said, "See you tomorrow night."

The elevator door closed slowly, also blocking the two people from looking at each other.

Leaning against the wall, the smile on the corner of Ke Lai's mouth did not dissipate, but there was doubt in his eyes.

His university teacher once said to Ke Lai that a person's preferences often represent his character.Countless interpersonal interactions have also proved the practicality of this sentence for Ke Lai.

And Tang Yu likes Henry Rousseau.

This surprised Ke Lai.

Curving the corners of his mouth, Ke Lai just got out of the elevator and was about to open the door when the phone in his pocket rang.

This ringtone, cheerful and melodious, was specially customized by him for his family.It's almost eleven o'clock now, so late, why would mother call?Could it be that she wants someone to accompany her for supper?

Ke Lai thought it was funny, and hurriedly picked it up.

"Hey, what's the matter?" He asked softly.

There was a pause on the phone before Mrs. Ke's voice came. Her tone was a little weak. Although she was barely calm, she could still hear the trembling inside.

"Xiaonan... Mom told you something, don't worry. Your father fainted just now. We are in the central hospital now. The doctor said..."

- Whoops.

That was the sound of Ke Lai's key hitting the ground.

……

When the time came, Tang Yu appeared in the corner of the wild bear on time, beating the sandbag with his fists on.

It's just that he played from 07:30 until 10:30.In the end, Coach Qin came over and told him that the door was going to close, but Tang Yu still didn't see the person who had made an appointment with him...

In the locker room, Tang Yu took off his gloves, took out his mobile phone and looked at the last caller number yesterday, hesitated for a moment, and called back.

However, after the beep sounded for a long time, the other party did not answer.